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I really want to order a z4, but my wife and friends think it's a "Barbie" chick car. What are your thoughts?

Got tired of this argument when I had the Miata! People that utter such stupidities have never driven a Miata or a Z4! These are true driver's cars, and true drivers can be male or female.

The fact that those cars are simply beautiful does not make them a "Barbie" car, and BTW, if I recall the commercials, "BARBIE" actually drove a 'Vette... While the new Corvettes are great sportscars the pre 1984 behaved more like trucks than true sports cars.

sophistication does not make it less masculine. F1 race cars and their drivers are simply more sophisticated that NASCAR which specializes in running in circles.

Finally, for the Corvette driver who would not be caught in a Z4, in french Québec where I come from we say: "Grosse Corvette, petite quéquette" which literally translates to
BIG Corvette, SMALL dick....

I don't believe Barbie was anatomically "correct" during the period in question. If our neighbor to the north did not have direct knowledge of Barbie's thoughts (so to speak) on the cool metal of the times, however did he glean her innermost secret desires? There's a girl involved here somewhere, but I don't think it was Barbie...

If you let something like a "chick car" reputation get to you, you need to sit down and have a long, nice chat with your PENIS. There's no need to be insecure. The car was designed by two WOMEN and it attracts a lot of WOMEN. I myself would rather have WOMEN come up to me to compliment my car than guys.